Game over or game on: Video game adaptations
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Street Fighter
By Patrick Kevin Day and Jevon Phillips, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
The billion-dollar Steet Fighter game franchise, which celebrated its 20th anniversary with the release of a fourth edition of the game, seemed like a no-brainer for big-screen adaptation, but the genre's history gave even this project pause.
There have been hits but many misses at the box office for video game adaptations. Despite that, actors such as "Street Fighter's" Kristin Kruek and Jake Gyllenhaal are still drawn. Here's a list of some of the genre's live-action hits and misses, with domestic box office totals from BoxOfficeMojo.
May. 5, 2008
The billion-dollar Steet Fighter game franchise, which celebrated its 20th anniversary with the release of a fourth edition of the game, seemed like a no-brainer for big-screen adaptation, but the genre's history gave even this project pause.
There have been hits but many misses at the box office for video game adaptations. Despite that, actors such as "Street Fighter's" Kristin Kruek and Jake Gyllenhaal are still drawn. Here's a list of some of the genre's live-action hits and misses, with domestic box office totals from BoxOfficeMojo.
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